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It happened in Central

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Zeitschrift: The Swiss observer : the journal of the Federation of Swiss Societies in the UK

Band (Jahr): - (1965)

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http://www.e-periodica.ch 26th February 1965 THE SWISS OBSERVER 51373 IT HAPPENED IN URI of Zurich) on 23rd January 965. The parchment document with the signature of the greatest representative of the affairs of in the of The state Canton Uri are being Saxon Imperial House — he lived 712-973 — is preserved dealt with by modest a large amount very machinery; yet at Pfaeffikon where a simple ceremony was held to com- is the officials and of work done thanks to devotion of memorate the anniversary. The Ufenau is administered office holders. This was stated by the chairman of the from Pfaeffikon. It is a place of peace and quiet, and commission which renders account business annually on a rigorous bathing prohibition protects the island from transacted. some less attractive aspects of modern civilisation. The One of the worries of the cantonal great government grave of the great humanist Ulrich von Hutten (1488- roads the has at the moment are the which Canton to 1523) is there, and two churches dating from 950 are of and which there insufficient federal construct for are or no great historic interest. subsidies. So, for instance, the improvement of the Gersau has celebrated the fact that it figured in the Gotthard-road between and Amsteg, which will records of the Benedictine Abbey of Muri for the cost 2.6 million francs. It is hoped that the Confedera- first time in 1064. The small vallage has only 1,750 in- tion will yet agree to a subsidy as the road will be very habitants and twelve citizen families. (One of them is the the national relieve necessary until planned highway will Camenzind family, a member of which is the chief archi- be before the it. This may not 'eighties. tect of the EXPO.). Already in 1315, Gersau took part in to the authorities Another disappointment Uri was the battle of Morgarten as independent confederate. The decision the the that projected hydro-electric works battle anniversary was commemorated on 15th November 2 of Amsteg are now no longer possible on account capital at Sattel and Schornen. For the eighth time, a pistol con- realise such having become much too expensive to a pro- test was held, organised by the non-commissioned officers' is ject. An alternative solution now being studied to give association of . A week earlier, the " Swiss the Canton additional water rates. " " " Schützenrat had held a meeting at Schwyz. In December, the Landrat ", the cantonal parlia- Another festive occasion was the " Schwyzer Sennen- rnent, agreed to the largest school building project ever chilbi " which was organised after an interval of four school years undertaken in Uri. Erstfeld's new will cost well on 25th January. The Schwyz cattle show took place in five and francs. The Communes of over a half million the autumn. It has an international reputation, and a lot have Unterschächen and are to financial help with of cattle were again sold. Also in the autumn, the mem- which the improvements planned for two alpine pastures bers of the government of the Canton of -Inner- the is are vital for Canton's agriculture. to hoden paid a return visit to the . This a and October the first waste have new railway station, In is a tradition which is upheld in many parts of the country, Switzerland water plant in Central was opened at Altdorf. friendly courtesy visits by one cantonal government to Parliament also agreed to subsidise the renovations of another. several historic monuments, viz. the church of the Convent At the end of December, the Schwyz Cantonal Bank St. Seedorf the St. Lazarus at (1699), Convent of Carl at celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary. It published a Altdorf (1696), the parish church of St. Albin at brochure "Münz-und Geldgeschichte des Standes Schwyz" (1754) and that of St. Gallus at Wassen (1734). and donated Fr. 10,000.— towards the renovation of the Uri has also increased its contribution towards the parish church of St. Jakob at Steinen. Another renovation of the teachers' of Rickenbach running training college which is in progress is that of the Convent of , which students from Well (Schwyz) accepts Uri. over which is to take seven or eight years to complete. the electorate of two years ago, Altdorf rejected two pro- Road construction is under way in Schwyz as in other These have been posais to purchase land. now accepted. Cantons. The cost of the present project Oberarth and The tourist industry in 1964 showed a slight down- Goldau will cost 2.2 million francs. The electorate ac- is ward trend. A more agreeable reduction that in traffic cepted the proposal for the construction of a vocational accidents in Uri, in spite of a steadily increasing number training college at Goldau, but the electors of the Com- of motor vehicles. " mune of Schwyz did not agree to' the plans for a new At the end of November, the traditional Rütli- school " " at Ibach. The electors of the whole schiessen" took place when 1,085 marksmen met on the Canton rejected the proposed legislation regarding the re- Rütli for a friendly contest. organisation of the Communes and Districts and conse- The town of has presented Uri with the " " quent change in the cantonal constitution. In January, metal figure Riitlischwur which was for sale after the the new tax proposals became law following the accept- the EXPO. For financial reasons Uri could not make ance by the cantonal electorate. This will mean sizeable purchase. On Christmas Eve it was made known that tax reliefs. There will be increased teachers' salaries, and Lausanne had bought the figure and would present it to the cantonal parliament agreed to an additional credit of Uri. This was hailed everywhere as a symbol of friend- Fr.33,000.— for the scholarship fund. Alpine pastures are ship between Central and Western Switzerland. to be improved, agricultural machinery for mountain The Tell pageant will again take place at Altdorf farmers will be purchased, as well as an electronic data from 3rd July onward. computer for the cantonal tax authorities. The new Treasurer of the Canton is Walter Braschler, SCHWYZ Freienbach, and the new Cantonal Medical Officer is Dr. The " White Book " of tells of a number of Karl Henggeler. The " Krankenhaus " Schwyz has its Swedes who came to Central Switzerland in 1470 and first full-time doctor in the person of Dr. Werner Baer- settled near Schwyz. Research has not yet proved how locher of Thal/SG. far there is any connection with the people of Sweden. In contrast to Uri, traffic accidents were up in 1964. What is certain is that Emperor Otto the Great presented A second " traffic training week " was organised by the the Kloster with the Island of Ufenau (Lake cantonal police in September. 51374 THE SWISS OBSERVER 26th February 1965

There was a course for avalanche rescue dogs on the money has also been allocated for the production of a Stoos in January, with dogs and their owners from many propaganda film on Central Switzerland, but by far the parts of the country taking part, including police dogs. largest sums have been voted for road construction : alpine There were delegates from Yugoslavia and the Nether- road to at Oberdorf (1.65 million francs), upper lands. parts of the Buergenstock road at Ennetbuergen, correction Over New Year there was a research expedition at the of the Kehrsiten road at Stansstaad including the altera- Hoelloch. This cave is now 80 km. long and has been tion of the village square. On 10th December, part of the longest cave in the world for the last ten years. the Lopper motorway was inaugurated with its tunnel In December, there was a large theft of jewelry at (800 m. long) through the Lopper, a foothill of the Pilatus. the Herrengasse at Schwyz. In January, the "Escape It is hoped that the second part across the Acheregg King " Rolf Waeckerlin, who had once again managed bridge will be ready in about eighteen months. It is part to escape from prison, was arrested by the cantonal police. of the North-South connection through Switzerland, and Finally, early in February, there was a serious accident at this sector alone will cost about 21 million francs. The Freienbach, in which Argentine travellers in an Italian village centre of Beckenried is to be kept free. This ccach were badly injured. rescinded the decision by the electors to have the square built over, taken over a year ago. Traffic accidents in 1964 went from 156 to 182, but in the of up In 1964, Obwalden was news on account deaths went down from 10 to 3 (all children). The cor- the has been the bad earthquake. Not all damage yet responding increase in motor vehicles was from 4,504 to assessed, but the Federal Council has decided to give its 5,003. share of the proceeds from the gaming halls of the Swiss After the landslide last August when nearly two mil- " " Swiss " Kursäle (a quarter of a million francs) to the lion cubic feet of rock crashed 400 ft. from the Buergen- fund for non-insurable elementary damages ", to be ear- stock into the lake, the Kreuzhütte in the Briesen region marked exclusively for Obwalden citizens hit by the earth- burnt down in November. Cantonal Bank has also donated quake. The Obwalden The government paid a return visit to the the For the to Fr.50,000.— for same purpose. repairs Basle government in September. It included a trip on the and is contribution monuments churches, it hoped to get a and a tour of the harbour as well as a visit to the from the Federal Monument Commission. The Swiss Zoo. In December, the Historic Association of Nidwalden have a collection in favour Conference of Bishops agreed to celebrated its centenary. Before Christmas, the " Art and of the church buildings. The Council Hall Council Market" of was held. Twenty-five artists from Chamber at Sarnen, which have suffered damage, will be Central Switzerland exhibited their works for sale, and the renovated the time. | at same show was a great success. There was a celebration when t Obwalden has decided to start the scholastic year in the new direct line -Stans-Engelberg was opened the autumn. The cantonal parliament has also agreed in December, and the schoolchildren took part in it. to an increase in the subsidy to the teachers' training col- Instead of the usual composition, the teaching staff asked lege at Rickenbach. them to retain their impressions in drawing. An exhibition 1963 The accounts for of the power works were of 400 drawings was held at Stans in February. Incident- accepted in November. They show a surplus of ally Engelberg can now be reached in fifty-five minutes decree has been issued the Fr.114,285.—. A for protection from Lucerne by a most up-to-date electric train. of the Sarnersee, and the regulations most stringent. are LUCERNE Engelberg's voters gave permission for the erection of the The twentieth volume of results of the federal census first Obwalden waste water plant at a cost of four and a in 1960 deals with Lucerne. Between 1950 and 1960, the half million francs. It should be sufficient up to 1995. of the 107 Communes increased by to The same assembly voted for a new rifle range. population 13|% 253,446. As as Communes, however, show In December, there was a course for avalanche rescue many forty-five a decrease which as much as 18.7% Kottwil. dogs at Truebsee, organised by the Swiss Alpine Club. was at Eight in the Sarnen has joined the ranks of holiday resorts officially, in Communes, mostly vicinity of Lucerne, show an increase of well a has 7,638 as much as a " Kurtaxe" is to be levied. Tourist trade over quarter: now inhabitants and 4,956 The shows a sizeable increase. The supra-national hunting + 65.3%) + 64.8%). order " Der Silberne Bruch " met for its Hubertus festival town of Lucerne registered a population of 67,433 The Entlebuch shows a decrease, but the at Engelberg in the autumn. 250 delegates took part. The (+11.4%). other districts Sursee and aim is to protect countryside and animals and to do all four (Hochdorf, Lucerne, considerable increase. Swiss. hunting and shooting in the correct manner. Willisau) a 93.8% were numbered the Following its Golden Jubilee in 1963, the Engelberg- Roman Catholics 85.1%, same as ten years Gerschnialp cable railway transported its ten-millionth previously, though in 1860 their numbers had still made 98%. passenger last September. up Business transacted by cantonal government and par- NIDWALDEN liament resulted in various decisions: to contribute to- At the "" 1964, the Nidwalden citizens wards the cost of civil defence in the Communes; to pur- voted for a total revision of the cantonal constitution. A chase 415 beds for the Cantonal Hospital; to sell land to commission of 33 members has just been appointed under the SBB at (needed for the new double track); the chairmanship of director of police Dr. Eduard Amstad to help the mountain farmers and to buy them agricul- (Stans). The cantonal government is now engaged in pre- tural machinery; to make a cost-of-living grant to officials, paring the business for the "Landsgemeinde" in the spring. state employees and teachers; to acquire an oil-burner to After 47 years, the present Notary Ferdinand Niderberger dispose of the ever increasing amounts of oil waste; to (Stans) is retiring. In his place Hans Rudolf Wunderle create a home for students; to build a Lucerne-Obwalden (Lucerne) was elected. mountain farmers' school; to restrict the number of public Credits have been granted the village of Hergiswil houses; to alter the poor law to legislate on " Administra- for the purchase of a fire engine and a new water duct; tive Versorgung " aimed at protecting the community from 26th February 1965 THE SWISS OBSERVER 51375 slovenly, dissolute and immoral people; to increase the In October, the Brockenhaus-Gesellschaft celebrated price of salt; to alter the tax law in favour of the tax its Golden Jubilee, and a month later, the Municipal payer. Theatre was 125 years old. There were the usual art The medical profession in the Canton has asked for exhibitions around Christmas, and the renovated Sentis- an extension of the Cantonal Hospital and of the nursing kirche was reconsecrated. Carnival time arrived early in staff homes, and a speedy realisation of the children's January, and the new " Fritschivater " is Walter Ruckli. hospital project, as well as of a third hospital as the second The Lucerne Branch of the " Schweizerische Volks- one planned for Wolhusen would not be sufficient. bank " has started a special children's counter which is An initiative was launched, asking the Confederation open on school-free afternoons. Suitably decorated and net only for financial help in the construction of the accessible by a small platform with steps, the counter is national roads, but also for their maintenance and running to encourage youthful savers. costs. A rare achievement was made known at the end of The number of traffic accidents in the Canton in 1964 December, when Xaver Hochstrasser retired after 45| has gone down from 2,408 to 2,383. Nearly ninety people years of owta'de work at the Lucerne main railway station. were killed and 556 badly injured. By way of recreation, he and his wife went for a twenty- The last postal service on the Lake of Lucerne (be- kilometre march every Sunday. tween Hergiswil and Stansstaad) came to an end on 18th News from other Lucerne Communes (in alphabetical December in view of the opening of the railway line order): the 19 year old Commune Clerk Erwin Galliker Lucerne-Stans-Engelberg. Before the Axen route was built from Beromuenster was declared of age by the govern- in the 'sixties of the last century, the whole passenger and ment. Beromuenster may soon have a civil aerodrome. goods traffic between Schwyz and Uri/Gotthard went by The Eigental (Pilatus) has been declared a protected zone. boat across the Urnersee. The von Moos'schen Eisenwerke Lucerne have donated The council of the cultural trust of Central Switzer- a site to the R.C. parish of Emmen for the building of a land decided to award its prize to Michael Speck from church. There was an enteritis epidemic at Horw last Oberwil () for his work in the field of early historic October, due to infected meat and milk. The home of research in Central Switzerland. The Lucerne Festival A. J. Cronin at Kastanienbaum was broken into in Decern- Strings have successfully toured foreign towns. A co- ber — the burglar behaved like a vandal. voters operative " Reiterzentrum Luzern " was founded in granted a credit of well over 5-J million francs for the February. Feldmühle school building which will also house an emer- A famous (infamous?) international pick-pocket, gency hospital for civil defence. Pfaffnau has been the " Max of Paris " was tried at the Lucerne Criminal Court. scene of promising oil prospecting. For certain reasons it Since 1925, he has spent no fewer than 288 months behind was not possible for the Root theatre company to celebrate bars. its centenary in 1963; this has now been done with a special The organisation Moral Re-armament has moved its pageant under the direction of Dr. med. Franz Annen, the headquarters from Caux () to Lucerne. This follows village G.P. The theatre company of Reiden. too, looks the decision by the Vaudois Council of State not to con- back on one hundred years. Sempach has been chosen sider M.R. as a charity organisation any more. This for the new pig breeding research station — Lucerne is meant that tax would have to be paid on legacies (which responsible for 12% of the total pig breeding in Switzer- during the past ten years had amounted to 25.3 million land. In December, the steamer " Winkelried " ran francs, 14% of it from Vaud). There was an appeal by aground between and Gersau. The boat, the 34,980 signatories, but the Council of State did not recon- latest on , was hardly damaged, however. sider its decision, and Lucerne has now granted M.R. the From Wolhusen came the news that the mountain village status of a charitable organisation. of Romoos was able to inaugurate its new school building News from the town of Lucerne includes various in November, the old one having been destroyed by fire decisions by the municipal authorities. Police, teachers in 1962. and civil servants are to have increases as well as higher (Mß/«/y iy coiuVevy a/ ^4.7\S.) pensions. Considerable sums have been granted towards new schools and road construction. Schiltwald is to have SWISS WINSTON CHURCHILL FUND a waste paper plant which Lucerne wants to join. A Under the patronage of former Federal Councillor communal refuse incinerating plant is also to be built. Max Petitpierre, a committee has been set up in memory There is a shortage of school rooms, and Wuerzenbach, of Sir Winston Churchill, the defender of the free world. "and the art and craft college are amongst the schools to The idea came from members of the Swiss-British Society be enlarged. The new Tribschen school was already in- in Switzerland and aims at creating some memorial to augurated in September. The same district is to have the Sir Winston. It is also hoped to make a central collection new beach near the Richard Wagner Museum. of all publications by and on the great Englishman, with The beautiful Rhyn-Haus, a Renaissance palace in the a view to further works which are concerned with the old town of Lucerne has been renovated and will hence- spiritual basis of the unification of Europe and the general forth serve as reception rooms on special occasions. The understanding among nations. The committee consists creation of a municipal museum is being studied. of a dozen well-known personalities from all parts of the There will be escalators from the Hirschenplatz to country. the Loewengraben, and the Adligenswilerstrasse, and the The British Ambassador in Berne thanked the Swiss DorfStrasse Geissenstein will be enlarged. Following a people for their messages of condolence on the death of citizens' Initiative, the area between Paulusplatz and Sir Winston, for the many letters, calls and visits. He also Luzernerhof will have to be improved, and parking facility thanked those who attended memorial services. schemes could cost as much as seventy million francs. On 21st February, Swiss Television repeated the film The Lucerne arts prize was awarded to Dr. h.c. Kuno on Churchill's life, which had already been shown on the Mueller for his literary work, especially his essays on day of his death. Central Switzerland. [A.T.S.]